General Hospital of Rhodes

Pursuit between coast guard and migrant smugglers’ speedboat near Symi leaves one dead

A pursuit between a coast guard boat and a speedboat transporting migrants from Turkey to the island of Symi in the southeastern Aegean on Friday resulted in one death.

According to reports, the incident took place in the waters northwest of Symi, when a coast guard patrol boat spotted the speedboat.

An incident occurred in Symi involving a speedboat transporting migrants from Türkiye and a Greek Coast Guard vessel, resulting in the death of a foreign national

The incident took place around 9:00 AM when the speedboat carrying migrants from the Turkish coast did not comply with the visual and audio signals from the Coast Guard.

Instead, the boat made dangerous maneuvers and attempted to ram the Coast Guard vessel, putting the physical safety of both the migrants and the Coast Guard crew members at immediate risk.